Monthly Archives: August, 2021

PBI-Colombia at Memory School with the Movement of Victims of State Crimes and CCAJAR lawyers’ collective

On August 20, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted: “Our Social Fabric Reconstruction Support Team is in Valle del Cauca at the Memory School...

What is the relationship between the Canadian and Colombian police?

RCMP photo: A Canadian police trainer in Colombia, March 6, 2017. The Colombian police have been implicated in 195 acts of aggression against journalists and...

PBI-Mexico meets with Pasta de Conchos Family Organization, recalls AMLO’s promise that mine rescue will begin within weeks

On August 19, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “In a meeting with the Pasta de Conchos Family Organization, we remember that October 1...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó at 21st anniversary of La Unión massacre

On July 8, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the twenty-first anniversary commemoration of the...

PBI-Kenya shares alert about protests following the police killing of John Kiiru in Kayole

On August 19, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “The Social Justice Centres Working Group alerts about ongoing demonstrations in Kayole.” The Social Justice Centres Working Group (@UhaiWetu -...

PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers at court hearing for three criminalized farmworkers

Photo by COFADEH. On August 19, PBI-Honduras posted: “PBI accompanies the CNTC La Paz to the audience for individualizing the penalty of leaders of...

PBI-Canada Board member Heather Neun reports back on visit to Colombia, August 24

Peace Brigades International-Canada Board member Heather Neun participated in the International Observation Mission for the Guarantees of Social Protest and Against Impunity in Colombia...

#CambiémoslaYa calls for profound reforms to the Mining Law in Mexico

Short video on the #CambiémoslaYa website. On August 18, the Mexican newspaper La Jornada reported: “Mining in the country has left at least 374 socio-environmental...

75 organizations say Guapinol River defenders should be released from Honduran prison by August 26

On August 11, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project visited seven of the Guapinol environmental defenders in the Olanchito prison. The seven share the same cell...

PBI-Kenya supports Missing Voices coalition’s efforts to stop extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances by the police

Photo: On March 24, 2021, Missing Voices released its 2020 report on police killings and enforced disappearances in Kenya. On August 17, The Guardian reported:...
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